Summary
BULLDOZERS have begun to flatten an historic Birmingham flight shed where hundreds of Second World War fighter and bomber planes were built.
Designed by bouncing bomb inventor Sir Barnes Wallis, the Longbridge hangar featured the biggest unsupported roof in Europe at the time it was built in the 1930s. Among the planes made inside was the Hawker Hurricane, which played a crucial role in the Battle of Britain.See the full content of this document
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Torn Down: Brum's Bomber Factory
Also built at Longbridge was the Fairey Battle light bomber, which King George VI visited six months before war ...
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